The parade consists of a church service, followed by wreath laying at the Liberation Monument and then there is a reception at the town hall. After that, everyone hits town, with every single pub packed out with people.
The run up to Liberation Day saw some fairly still weather...it is rare to see the harbour this still and mirror like!
Simon collected his set of FIDF blues, and Harry announced that he was claiming Simon's beret as his own, picked up his toy gun and Simon's sunglasses, so cue some Che Guevera style poses!
Liberation Day was quiet cold, and perfectly still. The wreath laying is a very solemn affair, but this year was affected by the ash cloud from the Chilean Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano which meant that there very few veterans from the conflict in attendance.
After the wreath laying, the parade marches off, turns round and then marches back past the Monument.
After the parade, there was a flypast by the RAF, although they were a few minutes late, and everyone had left Liberation Monument and was busy making their way to the Town Hall. Pictured are Typhoon, Hercules and VC10 tanker.
After the parade, Harry came running over wanting to "hold Daddy's gun". Also in the picture is one of Harry's close friends, Zoe Catton.
After the Town Hall, we headed home and went down to our local, the child friendly Narrows Bar. The place was absolutely packed with people, all out enjoying themselves, although I guess there were a few sore heads the following morning! Simon and Harry had their dental check up at 9am the following morning, and he felt sorry for her having to endure a whole morning of people with hangovers!
Time for some photos by Harry! He is getting better...at least there were no fingers over the lens this time! Just need to work on getting the camera level now!
A 4 year old's view of the parade!
One point to sour the day (click here)....this has caused some upset and outrage for many on the Islands....
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